SEO Ian Turner missing since PubCon
June 30, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Ian Turner, a well-known UK SEO, who also moderates the UK forum for WMW, has gone missing. He was apparently last seen Saturday morning at the WMW conference I attended. I saw Ian during the conference, but unfortunately, did not get a chance to speak with him. Threadwatch has what I suppose is the official thread on this at www.threadwatch.org/node/3008. If anyone can help at all in finding Ian, please let his wife know asap via the Threadwatch thread. Here is a recent picture of Ian.
My thoughts go out to his wife, family, and friends. I sincerely hope he is found alive and well.
A new publisher revenue choice
June 29, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
While at the WMW conference, I came across a vendor promoting a different kind of choice for getting revenue on a site, that is similar to adsense, but actually pretty different. It is by Chitika, which also offers the standard adsense-type contextual advertising model, but they now have a new product that is interesting. They call it eMiniMalls. It is like a banner ad, but instead of displaying an ad for a company, it instead displays contextually targetted products in a comparative shopping format. In other words, if your page is about music, it might display several listings for Ipods with the prices at each store (such as Circuit City, etc.), as well as product descriptions, reviews, etc., all within a tabbed banner. Mousing over each tab shows different information about the product. With so much information presented, users may click on the ad – and that earns you money. I am testing it out on one of my sites now, and I will let you know if it ends up being a nice income stream. It’s always nice to have options, and this one is one of the more interesting ones I’ve come across lately. If you want to see if it would be useful for your site, check it out at www.chitika.com/mm_overview.php.
Keyword Selection – The Goldilocks method
June 28, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
One of the speakers at the WMW conference (sorry I forgot to note which one) briefly discussed keyword research and selection, using what he called the Goldilocks method. Simply put, it is this: Read more
Google Video Viewer
June 27, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
I am on jury duty this week, so posting may be sporadic. I guess the big news today is the Google Video Viewer that allows you to play any video available on Google Video, which is here. This story does not interest me much, since as far as I am concerned, it has little to do with standard SEO, but since I am in a rush to get back to the courthouse, I don’t have time to deal with things that interest me more. I will try to get some more standard SEO topics posted during the week, as I have time.
Signals of Quality
June 26, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Lately, I’ve been hearing Google representatives using a new term – or at least new to me. Signals of Quality has been mentioned several times lately. One stage of the latest Bourbon update, for example, was described as “bringing in new signals of quality”. I also heard the phrase a couple of times at the WMW conference.
How to submit a reinclusion request to Google
June 25, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Until I get my notes sorted from the WMW conference, I thought I would share some info on how to do a reinclusion requestion to Google. This is only for sites that are not indexed at all. In other words, if you do a site:www.yourdomain.com command, and no information is returned, then you are not indexed. Assuming your site is clean (follows Google guidelines), you can politely ask Google to consider reincluding your site in the index. If, for instance, you had been banned for using shady techniques, you could clean up the site, and ask to be reincluded. Or perhaps you bought a domain that got banned because of the previous owner’s misdeeds, then this would be another reason to use this. Note: Make sure your site is clean (white-hat) and spam free before doing this.
Quick SEO tips and info from the conference
June 24, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
These are some of the things that were mentioned by various speakers at the conference.
If you have affiliate links that allow you to append your own tracking ids to the url, this would be a good place to use a keyword. For instance, your affiliate link would look something like www.affsite.com?affid=12345&trackid=keyword
Google engineer explains…
June 23, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
At the WMW conference this evening, Google held a Meet the Google Engineers roundtable cocktail party. More
WMW Conference notes – Day One
June 22, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Both Search Engine Roundtable and SEO Book are doing a good job of documenting the WMW conference sessions in
WMW Conference tips
June 21, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Just a quick note about what I’ve noticed so far here at the WebmasterWorld conference. I will have more to say about it when I have more time. But for now, I just wanted to mention that while the sessions seem to be somewhat basic and general, each one seems to provide at least one nugget of information, or one thing that sparks an idea. For newbies, of course, there’s a wealth of info to be had, but for seasoned SEOs, it seems to be more of an idea sparker than anything else. However, the ability to talk to people who are involved in what we do, and who understand what we are talking about is the really great part. I’ve already met some interesting people, and am looking forward to talking to lots more. That’s it for now, but I’ll be giving a more detailed rundown of everything later.
Yahoo update planned for tonight
June 20, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
According to Yahoo!, they will be making changes to their index tonight, so expect ranking changes to happen. I have to give credit to Yahoo! for letting us know about pending changes. Thanks Yahoo! It’s a refreshing change of pace. Yahoo! discusses it at www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000120.html.
Getting ready for the conference
June 20, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
Posting will be light or even non-existant over the next couple of days, as I get ready for the WMW PubCon conference in New Orleans. I will not be posting live during the conference, but I promise to post about the sessions I attend each night. Well, assuming there are no glitches with internet access at the hotel, that is. Now I have to go pack my bags.
Black Hat vs. White Hat SEO – The Great Debate
June 18, 2005 by DazzlinDonna · Comments Off
A couple of weeks ago I shared a little Black Hat vs. White Hat movie that I made. The movie is here and the post was here. Of course, that was just a goofy cartoon, but now there’s a Black Hat vs. White Hat interview at syndk8.com between EarlGrey and Randfish. It is an interesting read, as each side debates the issues surrounding the different paths an SEO may take. Both sides presented their arguments while maintaining respect for the other’s opinions. Enjoy.
